On Monday, American Experiment described how the rising demand for nickel is resulting in expanded mining for the essential metal in a rainforest in the Philippines. Today, we will take…
S&P Global reports that about 20 percent of the coal-fired power plants in the regional power grid to which Minnesota belongs, the Midcontinent Independent Systems Operator, or MISO, are at…
Consumer prices are up 6.8 percent this year, making it the highest rate of inflation since 1982. There are many reasons for the inflation, including a huge expansion of the…
A new nuclear power plant will be built to replace a Wyoming coal plant slated to retire in 2025. The new nuclear power plant will be constructed by TerraPower, a…
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has been ordered by a court to review the state’s rules governing copper-nickel, and other non-iron mining. The agency is accepting public comment through…
Tuesday, Nov. 23 marks the 15th anniversary of the day then-Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signed off on his renewable energy mandate, the Next Generation Energy Act (NGEA). Today is also…
Coal supplies at American power plants have reached a 24-year low, according to a report from Bloomberg. Coal is in short supply for many reasons, but much of the blame…
The largest electric grid operator in the United States is scrambling to ensure it has enough coal for the winter in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the devastating…
The article below originally appeared in the Fargo Forum: The Otter Tail Power Company made headlines when it announced it would be seeking to withdraw from its 35 percent ownership…
Xcel Energy made headlines this week by announcing that they will be seeking to increase the cost of electricity by a massive 21.2 percent over the next three years, but…
On Friday, I wrote a piece about what Minnesota Senator Tina Smith’s laughably bad beer pour can teach us all about energy. That piece was inspired by a meme posted…
The Biden administration has dealt a potential blow to the Twin Metals Minnesota mine by imposing a ban on new leases in the Rainy River Watershed. The administration is also…
Minnesotans are experiencing the most pain at the gas pump since the Obama administration, and the hurting would be worse if Center of the American Experiment had not pulled out…
Spain’s Sidenor has suspended production through the end of 2021 due to spiraling energy costs, according to Reuters. A sharp increase in electricity prices made operations financially unviable. Reuters reports:…
There is currently a comment period at the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) for Xcel Energy’s plan to close their coal plants a decade before the end of their useful…
There is good news in the energy world, for a change. Enbridge has announced that they have completed construction on the Line 3 pipeline, and that oil will begin flowing…
Natural gas prices in the United States are soaring, and that could mean Minnesota families and businesses will be sore when they open their heating and electric bills this winter.…
It is becoming increasingly obvious that the politicians making broad and important decisions about energy policy around the world have very little understanding of how their ideal energy systems will…
General Motors Co. reportedly urged some owners of Chevrolet Bolt electric cars to park and store their vehicles at least fifty feet away from other cars to reduce the risk…
Minnesotans are notoriously bad practitioners of the zipper merge. Rather than using two full lanes until it is finally time to merge, something about the collective Minnesota mindset resents the zipper merge as unfair or cheating.…
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is mad about the massive upcharge in natural gas bills resulting from supply shortages in February’s polar vortex, which will cost the average Minnesota…
The California car mandates enacted by Governor Tim Walz were deeply unpopular at Farmfest this last week, which is exactly what Center of the American Experiment found last summer when…
Center of the American Experiment notched a major victory last week when 27 out of 28 rural electric co-ops served by Great River Energy voted to approve the sale and…
Advocates of wind turbines often argue that their unreliability can be offset by building even more wind turbines and transmission lines to distant areas because the wind is always blowing…